Tapping into a nearby plant

Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

All is quiet in Magnolia Marsh near the AES generating station. Stamford, Conn.-based Poseidon Resources' proposed desalination plant would continue using AES' offshore outfall and open ocean intake pipe, pulling in about 127 million gallons of coastal water every day.

All is quiet in Magnolia Marsh near the AES generating station. Stamford, Conn.-based Poseidon Resources' proposed desalination plant would continue using AES' offshore outfall and open ocean intake pipe, pulling in about 127 million gallons of coastal water every day. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

All is quiet in Magnolia Marsh near the AES generating station. Stamford, Conn.-based Poseidon Resources' proposed desalination plant would continue using AES' offshore outfall and open ocean intake pipe, pulling in about 127 million gallons of coastal water every day.